School Meal Deaths: Headteacher Surrenders

The school headmistress at the centre of one of India's deadliest food poisoning outbreaks in years has handed herself in to the police.

Meena Devi was taken into police custody in the eastern state of Bihar, according to reports.

Police have been searching for the headmistress for more than a week in connection with the deaths of 23 children who died after eating a school meal contaminated with a pesticide that is banned in many countries.

Police say she is key to solving the mystery of how the pesticide ended up in the food.

Thirty other children became seriously ill after eating the free school lunch on July 16.

Results of tests on Tuesday of blood samples from four children still in a critical condition after eating the contaminated school meal indicated "acute poisoning".

The food, served at the school in Bihar as part of an Indian government scheme, contained a toxic substance, according to the tests carried out at a clinic in Mumbai.

An unnamed government official said: "The poisonous substance was more than five times the commercial preparation available on the market."

A forensic report earlier showed the oil that the food was cooked in contained the pesticide monocrotophos at very high levels.

The World Health Organisation revealed it had asked India to ban the toxic substance as far back as 2009.

It also warned that pesticide containers were not being disposed of properly in India and were being used by the poor to store water and food.

The children who died were aged between four and 10.

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